Science and Health

Climate Change Poses Grave Threat to a Healthy Planet

Rapid Testing for Malaria and COVID Set to Roll Out in Kenya

World’s Oldest Known Stone Structures Discovered in Jordan

Are COVID-19 Restrictions Stunting Children’s Immune Systems?

Thousands Could Die From COVID in Hong Kong, Study Shows

CDC: Many Healthy Americans Can Take a Break From Masks

US Drugmaker, Distributors Finalize $26B Opioid Settlement

Drug Overdoses Are Killing More Americans Than Guns, Traffic Accidents

Thailand at ‘Crossroads’ as COVID-19 Surges Amid Tourism, Economy Rebound

More Than Half of US Abortions Now Done With Pills, Report Says

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Unlikely to Disrupt Peace Aboard ISS

US Shifting Global Pandemic Strategy as Vaccine Supply Outstrips Demand

Hong Kong Rolls Out COVID Vaccine Passport, Paves Way For Mainland Doctors

Ex-Official: Space Station ‘Largely Isolated’ From Tensions

US Offshore Wind Rights Auction Generates Record Bids

New Wave of COVID-19, Measles Outbreak Stretch Fragile Afghan Health System

Study: Infant Formula Makers Use Unethical Practices to Boost Sales

9 Percent of Plastic Worldwide is Recycled, OECD Says

Storm Franklin Batters Britain and Northern Europe, Leaves 14 Dead

Britain’s PM Dropping all Remaining COVID-19 Restrictions

Race Excluded as White House Rolls Out Climate Justice Screening Tool

Tropical Butterflies Spread as Monarchs Dwindle in East Asia

When Will the Pandemic End?

Canadian Police Push to Restore Normality to Capital

Hong Kong Health Experts Call for Home Isolation as Omicron Cases Overwhelm Hospitals

Malawi Declares Health Emergency Following Polio Case Discovery

Hong Kong Working-Class District Reels as COVID Runs Rampant

China Sets 5-Year Commercial, Scientific Plans for Space

California Adopts Nation’s First ‘Endemic’ Virus Policy

Bill Gates Hails ‘Zero’ Polio Cases in Pakistan

NASA Celebrates Mars Rover’s First Year on Job

Marine Researchers Collecting Global Symphony of the Sea

Lingering Pandemic Takes Toll on Americans’ Mental Health

Study: Babies Less Likely to Be Hospitalized with COVID-19 if Mothers Vaccinated During Pregnancy

Report: US Seas to See 100 Years’ Rise in Just 30

Pollution Causing More Deaths Than COVID, Action Needed, Says UN Expert

Plans Set for New Private Spaceflights

DNA Analysis of Elephant Ivory Reveals Trafficking Networks

Scientific Meeting Focuses on Impacts, Adaptation, Vulnerability to Climate Change

IAEA Reviews Water Release From Damaged Japan Nuclear Plant

Arctic Seed Vault To Receive Rare Deposits

WHO: Measles Increase a Danger to Malnourished Afghan Children

Mental Health Hovers Over Olympics, on its Way to Mainstream

NASA’s New Space Telescope Sees First Starlight, Takes Selfie

WHO: Africa’s COVID-19 Infections Could Be Much Higher Than Reported

Canada Truckers Extend Border Blockade

To Mask or Not to Mask?

French Discoverer of HIV, Luc Montagnier, Dies at 89

US CDC Proposes Revised Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids

First Look at Venus while Storm Sinks Starlink Satellites

Cameroon Struggling to Contain Deadly Cholera Outbreak

New COVID-19 Study Highlights Suicide Risk to Health Care Workers

Senegal Facility Plans to Start COVID Vaccine Production

Study Finds Anxiety, Depression Prevalent Among Somali Health Workers

Satellite Losses Show Threat Solar Storms Pose to Tech

SpaceX Satellites Brought Down in Geomagnetic Storm

CDC on Lifting COVID-19 Indoor Mask Rules: ‘We Aren’t There Yet’

WHO Says Crucial Supplies Not Reaching Embattled Northern Ethiopia

COVID-19 Researchers See Hope in Existing Drugs

Report Calls for New US Strategy for Opioids